react-native run-android command failed, but gradlew installDebug work

Question

I'm using react-native 0.43.3 on OSX. I tried to running app on Android and get message

react-native run-android

Scanning 568 folders for symlinks in /Users/ruci.k/project/mayacrew/supermembers/supermembers/node_modules (5ms)
JS server already running.
Building and installing the app on the device (cd android && ./gradlew installDebug)...
Could not install the app on the device, read the error above for details.
Make sure you have an Android emulator running or a device connected and have
set up your Android development environment:
https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/android-setup.html

./gradlew installDebug gave me some errors and fixed it all. Finally build get successed and app is working on Android device.

But react-native run-android command still not work. Only ./gradlew installDebug command work.

Is there anything can I check to use react-native run-android command?

I can't understand how could it happened.

score 38 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 10 '21 at 14:58

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Running

export JAVA_HOME="/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home"

worked for me

answered Mar 10 '21 at 14:58

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It works for me too! Thanks for your help! – TDAK Mar 15 '21 at 06:41
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Giving ERROR ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home – Shubham Mishra Apr 17 '21 at 16:24
Finally! Thanks – Pablo May 19 '21 at 16:55
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Amazing solution, after hours of research. but can you explain abit what it does. I literally copy pasted without knowing what it does haha – Mir Stephen Aug 06 '21 at 18:59
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For some reason it seams that the JAVA_HOME path gets set to an incorrect value. This solution simply sets it to the correct one. FYI it might not the same path for everyone!! It's a good idea to write, for example `export JAVA_HOME="/Applications/Android` And then press tab a couple of times, selecting the correct path until you get to `...Contents/Home` . Also a good idea to include this in the .zshrc file (or whatever you're using) – Luis Felipe Zamora Oct 28 '21 at 18:06
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wow thanks for all the context on why that worked for you – B-Tron of the Autobots Jul 30 '22 at 02:23
Try doing `export JAVA_HOME="/usr/libexec/java_home"` instead to fix the errors @ShubhamMishra is getting – Brandalf Nov 18 '22 at 05:05
This actually gives me a different error now, same as ShubhamMishra and Brandalf's does not fix. – PhilCowan Dec 06 '22 at 20:58

score 30 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 30 '20 at 22:18

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Run the following command

chmod 755 android/gradlew

inside your app root folder then run

react-native run-android

edited Aug 30 '20 at 22:18

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answered Oct 17 '17 at 06:45

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if I'm using Windows? – DevAS Feb 17 '19 at 22:55
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Can you specify what exactly is causing the error and how this command helps? – P.Gupta Jul 11 '20 at 06:17
This fixed it for me.. as the error states here it is an acces issue. All chmod does is change the access permissions on that folder @P.Gupta – ambassallo Oct 11 '20 at 11:29
Wow!!! Its really helping on iOS and saving my time a lot. Thank you so much. – M.Kalidass May 29 '22 at 06:22

score 21 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 31 '22 at 13:04

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After you create your react native app ,try

sudo chmod -R 777 node-modules
sudo chmod -R 777 android 
export ANDROID_HOME=~/Library/Android/sdk

now run

react-native run-android

edited Mar 31 '22 at 13:04

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answered May 19 '19 at 09:33

Guru

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I didn't had to run the last command. Thanks. – Kushal Desai Feb 18 '21 at 05:42
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using `sudo chmod -R 777` is risky, and most of the time not need. I encourage you and others to be very carful when you use it. Take it as an advice. – AXSM Sep 24 '21 at 17:50
use sudo chmod -R 777 node_modules instead of sudo chmod -R 777 node-modules – Levon Babayan Apr 11 '23 at 12:54

Jose Kj · Answer 4 · 2020-11-05T06:31:22.140

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Try removing android,ios folders and then do react-native upgrade then try again react-native run-android After that if you get an error like

SDK location not found. Define location with sdk.dir in the local.properties file or with an ANDROID_HOME environment variable.

then create a file named local.properties inside the folder

android

and insert the following line sdk.dir =/path/to/Android/Sdk After this everything should be fine

Note: If you have made some changes in android/ios folder please keep its backup before removing the folders

edited Nov 05 '20 at 06:31

answered Jul 21 '17 at 00:45

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removing the folders and running the above commands simply throws an error that the android folder is now missing. This https://stackoverflow.com/a/61913747/1103592 solved it for me – Sergey Katranuk Nov 12 '20 at 20:01

score 11 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 15 '21 at 20:23

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cd android && sudo ./gradlew clean

This worked for me. Try it out and let me know if it helps folks

answered Jun 15 '21 at 20:23

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score 4 · Answer 6 · edited May 03 '19 at 13:54

I have faced the same issue when I have imported the project from the GitHub.

Follow the below steps to run your react-native project in the Android device from the MAC OS

Remove the 'node_modules' folder from the root project.
Run the below command in the project root folder.

npm install

Move to the android folder in the project root folder.

cd android
Run the following commands one after another to give permissions to gradlew file.

chmod +x ./gradlew

xattr -l ./gradlew

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ./gradlew

Now, come back to project root folder and run the project in android device.

react-native run-android

Now you can see the launched application on your connected Android device/emulator.

score 4 · Answer 7 · edited Jan 29 '20 at 12:47

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In Ubuntu, I have used this command and it worked for me:

    sudo react-native run-android

edited Jan 29 '20 at 12:47

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answered Jan 29 '20 at 11:49

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score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 11 '20 at 17:03

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I had the same issue, and just opened the project in android studio, and that's all. Solved!

answered Dec 11 '20 at 17:03

Eduardo Ceolin

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This works! But this solution is better https://stackoverflow.com/a/66567300/4820421 – TDAK Mar 15 '21 at 06:42

Mina Fawzy · Answer 9 · 2022-01-11T12:28:39.260

this issue come from two reasons

1- Permission issue

How to Fix it

sudo react-native run-android

Or

chmod 755 android/gradlew

2- Mismatch java version with Gradle

make sure you are using Java 8 as $JAVA_HOME environment variable

depending on which terminal you are using to run your code at

For zsh shell, export $JAVA_HOME at ~/.zshenv or ~/.zshrc.
For bash shell, export $JAVA_HOME at ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc.

get installed JDK by this command

/usr/libexec/java_home -V

example for using zsh

vi  ~/.zshrc
// paste the java export inside it 
export JAVA_HOME="JDK_8_Path_from_previous command"

to save your change

:x

make sure your changes applied

source ~/.zshrc

now for testing

echo $JAVA_HOME

score 2 · Answer 10 · edited Feb 16 '19 at 11:01

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You must change your build.gradle:

compileSdkVersion 28  
buildToolsVersion "28.0.2"  
minSdkVersion 16  
targetSdkVersion 27

and add this line:

implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0"

edited Feb 16 '19 at 11:01

סטנלי גרונן

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answered Feb 16 '19 at 09:51

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Where to add `implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0"` – Abdulla Mar 05 '19 at 11:51
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Saularis, I know it's too late but may be it will help to someone, put this line `implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0"` in `android/app/build.gradle` – Riddhi Jun 30 '21 at 07:31

score 2 · Answer 11 · edited Mar 21 '19 at 07:40

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Check whether your emulator is connected or not:

set ANDROID_HOME path: E:\android-sdk-windows
set path D:C:\Program Files\nodejs;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_111\bin;E:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools

edited Mar 21 '19 at 07:40

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answered Mar 21 '19 at 07:05

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score 1 · Answer 12 · answered Nov 23 '20 at 17:32

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go to folder android in terminal
gradlew clean
run react-native run-android

answered Nov 23 '20 at 17:32

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Apr 27 '17 at 22:56

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maybe install watchman?

https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/10056

Otherwise, for me I actually use 'npm start' inside of the folder. npm will know to run the right command to start react native because it's in a react native directory.

answered Apr 27 '17 at 22:56

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And as your answer, I try to use 'npm start' and it results same with 'react-native start'. Starting JS server working well, just 'react-native run-android' not worked. – haru Apr 28 '17 at 03:37

score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Apr 07 '20 at 02:31

So what i did was to download this jar file from: 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MHSJx-_0RHRzlrXBLAePKeWKQteke0Um/view?usp=sharing and placed it inside android/gradle/wrapper then i went back to the project directory and did npm install i then changed directory to android by doing: cd android then i ran the following commands

chmod +x ./gradlew

xattr -l ./gradlew

Now i went back to the project directory and ran react-native run-android

score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Jan 11 '21 at 15:10

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Go to C:\Users\ [username]
Rename or delete ".gradle"
Then run "react-native run-android"

answered Jan 11 '21 at 15:10

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score 0 · Answer 16 · answered May 19 '21 at 19:58

So here are the three solution for this bug , from which one will most probably solve your issue :

1: Adding local.properties file in your android folder

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32634352/react-native-android-build-failed-sdk-location-not-found

2: Try deleting .gradle file and then build (react-native run-android)

3: Might be possible that under SDK tools NDK(side by side) and CMake are not installed . Steps for the same is Android Studio which include direction for opening sdk manager

Open android folder in Android Studio Click on the SDK Manager (which is at the third position from the top left )

After opening SDK manager you have to go to SDK Tools Installation image for NDK and CMake

Under SDK Tools select NDK(side by side) and CMake and press the okay button and let the installation complete . After the close the Android Studio and react-native run-android.

score 0 · Answer 17 · edited Aug 27 '21 at 07:57

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1 . you should have space in your phone
2 . developer option on
3 . USB debugging option also on
4 . check "adb devices" devices is connected or not

edited Aug 27 '21 at 07:57

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answered Aug 24 '21 at 13:30

ABHISHEK PATEL

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score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Nov 09 '21 at 07:46

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I have to perform these steps to get it running.

First install dos2unix
Run dos2unix ./gradlew inside android folder
then run ./gradlew clean
at last run react-native run-android.

answered Nov 09 '21 at 07:46

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score 0 · Answer 19 · answered Jan 19 '22 at 14:20

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For me, this had to do with running low on RAM om my Mac.

in gradle.properties put -XX:MaxPermSize=4096

for example like this:

org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m -XX:MaxPermSize=4096m

After that, it runs again.

answered Jan 19 '22 at 14:20

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score 0 · Answer 20 · answered Mar 16 '22 at 14:27

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What worked for me is,

Uninstalling the previous installed app version on the emulator device, and running react-native run-android after.

answered Mar 16 '22 at 14:27

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score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Sep 22 '22 at 12:29

Check the error messages carefully. It will give a clue to what went wrong. In my case, after installing expo in my react-native project, the MainApplication.java got corrupted. I made a comparison with the a backup (you can check an earlier working commit), then removed the erroring lines.

After this, it worked.

score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Apr 26 '23 at 11:12

as for me working on apple m1 I had to change the path to the following:

export JAVA_HOME="/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/Contents/Home"

just a change in the path in case it didn't work with

export JAVA_HOME="/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home"

react-native run-android command failed, but gradlew installDebug work

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